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Attachment Quality And Depression In Iranian Adolescents

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This study investigated the relationship of quality of adolescent’s attachment to mother, father, and peers with depression. 785 high school students (49.7 % male and 50.3 % female) aged between 15 and 17 years completed the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA) as well as the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II). In case of boys the results showed that their attachment to mother, father, and peers were meaningful predictors of depression during adolescence. Similar trend was noted for girls. Attachment to mother across both genders accounted for greater variance in depression in comparison to attachment to father and/or attachment to peers. Cultural implications are addressed.

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  1. Department of Counseling, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

    Banafsheh Omidvar, Fatemeh Bahrami, Maryam Fatehizade & Ozra Etemadi

  2. Researcher of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Ahmad Ghanizadeh

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Omidvar, B., Bahrami, F., Fatehizade, M. et al. Attachment Quality And Depression In Iranian Adolescents. Psychol Stud 59, 309–315 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-014-0250-1

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